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Kyocera (News - Alert) intends to launch a new external modem for the iBurst wireless Internet access system that will transfer data at speeds up to two megabits per second (2Mbps), a rate twice as fast as that offered by current iBurst modems.

 

The company will make available the new product in March 2008.

 

“Kyocera designed this product in response to market demand for ever-faster wireless mobile Internet access,” said Masashi Yano, deputy general manager, Corporate Communication System Equipment Division, Kyocera Corporation in a statement.

 

Yano added that they will position the new modem as a high-end product, with 2Mbps user-priority features, multi-session capability and Quality of Service (QoS) functions.

 

The iBurst system from Kyocera provides commercial Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) services in 11 countries across the globe including Australia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Norway, Kenya, the United States and Canada. The iBurst concept has become popular as a full-mobile, all-IP, end-to-end Internet access system.

 

The iBurst system has the ability to provide high spectrum efficiency of 32 Mbps total throughput per base station (24Mbps downlink; 8Mbps uplink) over 5MHz of bandwidth. By aggregating two data streams for a single user the new 2Mbps modem will double user data throughput.

 

iBurst operators across the globe have established the iBurst Association (iBA), a not-for-profit enterprise that advocates the promotion and development of iBurst technology as a preferred MBWA solution.

 

Kyocera Corporation is a supplier of telecommunications equipment, solar energy systems, semiconductor packages, electronic components, laser printers, copiers and industrial ceramics.

 

 

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